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教授
博士生导师
硕士生导师
主要任职:Director, State Key laboratory of Fine Chemicals
其他任职:精细化工国家重点实验室主任、国务院学科评议组成员
性别:男
毕业院校:大连理工大学
学位:博士
所在单位:化工学院
学科:应用化学. 精细化工. 化学生物学
办公地点:大连理工大学精细化工国家重点实验室
西部校区化工实验楼F-202#
http://peng-group.dlut.edu.cn/
联系方式:大连理工大学精细化工国家重点实验室 西部校区化工实验楼F-202 辽宁省大连市高新区凌工路2号,大连116024 Tel: 0411-84986306; Fax: 0411-84986292;课题组网址:http://peng-group.dlut.edu.cn/
电子邮箱:pengxj@dlut.edu.cn
A Single Molecule Drug Targeting Photosensitizer for Enhanced Breast Cancer Photothermal Therapy
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论文类型:期刊论文
发表时间:2021-04-12
发表刊物:SMALL
卷号:16
期号:18
页面范围:e1907677
ISSN号:1613-6810
关键字:estrogen receptors; photothermal therapy; single molecule drug targeting; structure-inherent targeting
摘要:Targeting is one of the most important strategies for enhancing the efficacy of cancer photothermal therapy (PTT) and reducing damage to surrounding normal tissues. Compared with the traditional targeting approaches, the active targeting of breast cancer cells in PTT using chemotherapeutic drugs, such as tamoxifen (TAM), in combination with single-molecule photothermal photosensitizers has superior selectivity and therapeutic effects. However, single-molecule drug-targeting photosensitizers for improved PTT efficacy are not widely reported. Accordingly, herein, a near-infrared induced small-molecule photothermal photosensitizer (CyT) is developed that actively targets the estrogen receptors (ERs) of breast cancer cells as well as targets mitochondria by structure-inherent targeting. Cell uptake and cytotoxicity studies using different types of cells show that CyT enhances the efficiency of TAM-based PTT by targeting ER-overexpressing breast cancer cells and selectively killing them. In vivo experiments demonstrate that CyT can be used as a photothermal agent for fluorescence imaging-guided PTT. More importantly, the intravenous injection of CyT results in better targeting and efficiency of tumor inhibition compared with that achieved with the TAM-free control molecule Cy. Thus, the study presents an excellent small-molecule photothermal agent for breast cancer therapy with potential clinical application prospects.